Map Locations
When a pack provides a map tracker, every spot on the map is a location — a chest, a dungeon entrance, a heart container, an NPC, etc. Each location's square on the map is color-coded by accessibility, and you click them to view details, mark them cleared, or pin them for later.
This page covers everything you can do with locations on the map, inside the location popup, and in the Pinned Locations panel.
Each location is a small icon on the map. The basic interactions are:
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Hover | Shows any items captured at this location and any pack-defined badges |
| Left click | Opens the location's details popup |
| Right click | Auto-clears every currently-accessible section in the location (marks all reachable chests checked, advances any hosted items) |
| Shift + Right click | Suppresses auto-clear (use this if you want to right-click on the location for some other reason without clearing it) |
| Double click | Pins the location to the Pinned Locations panel |
Right click is the fastest way to clear a dungeon you've just finished — one click marks every accessible chest cleared and (if the pack defines them) advances "hosted items" like a dungeon prize. If a location is fully inaccessible, right click does nothing. If the location is fully cleared after right-clicking, EmoTracker will also auto-unpin it (if pinning is in use).
Left-clicking a location opens a popup like this:
The popup is divided into:
- Title bar — the location name, with a pin button in the top-right corner. Clicking the pin keeps this location visible in the Pinned Locations panel.
- Pack-defined color bar — a vertical strip on the left edge of the popup. This is not an accessibility indicator — it's a custom color chosen by the pack author, typically used to visually group related locations (by region, by "all dungeons", etc.). Locations that belong to the same group share the same bar color. The color of the location's square on the map itself is what reflects accessibility; see Map Location Colors.
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One or more sections — every checkable spot inside the location. Each section has:
- A section name, colored by that section's individual accessibility
- An optional capturable item slot (the dashed-outline empty box) for marking what item was found there
- A chest list showing the unchecked chests remaining in that section
- An optional hosted item icon (e.g., a dungeon boss / prize) that updates when the section is cleared
A single location can have several sections — useful for dungeons that have a main treasure path and a separate boss reward, or for an overworld area with checks reachable in different ways.
In the example above, Eastern Palace has two sections: a Dungeon row of chests and a separate Armos section for the boss reward. The red bar on the left is the pack's group color for this location (the official ALttPR pack uses red for dungeons), not an accessibility signal. Each section's name, on the other hand, is colored by its own accessibility.
Inside a section, the row of chest icons is interactive:
| Action | Normal section | "Clear as group" section |
|---|---|---|
| Left click | Decrement remaining chests by one (mark one cleared) | Mark all chests in the section cleared at once |
| Right click | Increment remaining chests by one (un-clear one) | Reset all chests in the section to unchecked |
In compact layouts (like the Pinned Locations panel below) the chest list collapses into a single icon with a number next to it instead of one icon per chest. Clicking still works the same way — left to decrement, right to increment.
Some sections include a small dashed-outline box next to the chests. This is a capturable item slot — a place to mark which item turned up at that section.
To use it:
- Click the empty slot. A small picker pops up with all the items the pack lets you capture there.
- Click an item in the picker. The slot now shows that item's icon, and the picker closes.
- To remove or change the captured item, click the slot again and use the Clear button (or pick a different item).
If the pack option "pin locations on item capture" is enabled in EmoTracker's settings, capturing an item also automatically pins the location for you.
Pinning a location keeps it visible in a dedicated panel — useful for tracking dungeons or check sequences you're working on without having to keep clicking the same map spot.
The panel shows each pinned location as a compact card. Sections still appear with their colored names (so you can see at a glance what's still accessible), and the chest list collapses into a numeric counter that shows how many chests remain.
There are three ways to pin a location:
- Double-click it on the map
- Click the pin button in the top-right corner of its details popup
- Capture an item into one of its slots (if the pack option "pin locations on item capture" is enabled)
- Click the pin button again on the popup or on the pinned card
- Auto-unpin on clear: when a location is fully cleared (every section's chests are at zero), EmoTracker automatically unpins it for you, so the panel always reflects what's still in progress
- Map Location Colors — what the colors on locations and section names mean, and how to customize them
- Item Types And Mouse Controls — how the items grid responds to clicks
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Keyboard Shortcuts — including
F11to toggle "Display All Locations"